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[Clipping: Perspective on Section 21.06]

Description: One clipping from Dallas Times Herald for September 9, 1985. "Perspective on Section 21.06" describes how Section 21.06, which made homosexual conduct in public or private a Class C misdemeanor, is useless to law enforcement due to the impracticality of enforcing a law in private settings and was written for political reasons.
Date: September 9, 1985
Creator: Calhoun, Ron
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: An unenforceable law]

Description: Photocopy of clipping from Dallas Times Herald for September 1, 1985. "An unenforceable law" describes how the public lewdness law already prohibits homosexual conduct in public and how the enforcement of Section 21.06 in private poses a threat to the constitutional right to privacy.
Date: September 1, 1985
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: Homosexual law ruling is a threat to privacy]

Description: Photocopy of a clipping from San Antonio Light for September 1, 1985. "Homosexual law ruling is a threat to privacy" describes how Section 21.06 violates citizen's right to privacy with the help of a quote from Judge Irving Goldberg. This article also details how the law could potentially worsen the AIDS epidemic.
Date: September 1, 1985
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Dallas Gay & Lesbian Alliance retrospective]

Description: Packet documenting the history of the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance from 1976 to 1982. Includes documents regarding the organization and objectives of the group, letters and press releases, and financial reports and expenditure sheets.
Date: May 5, 1985
Creator: Dallas Gay & Lesbian Alliance
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: A futile ruling]

Description: Photocopy of clipping from San Angelo Standard for August 30, 1985. "A futile ruling" describes the impracticality and unconstitutionality of Section 21.06 attempting to regulate private sexual relations of consenting adults.
Date: August 30, 1985
Creator: San Angelo Standard editors
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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